Resident exposes a fake HOA president, revealing to the entire neighborhood that the "HOA Board" was dissolved 13 years ago

Jesse Kessenheimer • Memes this, memes that.

May 28, 2026 10:15 PM EDT

Do you ever feel like your HOA is a sham?

Not long ago, I moved into an apartment complex with a mom-and-pop-run HOA. At first, the HOA run by residents was an absolute pleasure because the residents of the complex truly cared about the comings and goings of the mailman, the cleanliness of the jacuzzi, and the leaky fire hydrant by unit #401. However, after just about a year of living in this lovely, inexpensive HOA community, the sweet old couple running the organization decided they were tired and wanted to retire. Without much of a backup plan in place, they hired a new corpo HOA to replace them… That's when everything took a turn.

Suddenly, HOA fees were skyrocketing, the trees were unkempt, the pool was disgusting, and the grass started to wither in the sun. Literally overnight, the new HOA ruined the entire community.

That's how much power the HOA has over things.

If you're lucky enough to have a cute old couple running the show, you're more fortunate than the rest of us. A man on Reddit recently lamented over a similar debacle. However, in his case, he was desperately trying to build a new parking padock in his property, running the construction project by the self-appointed HOA president of his community. As the process proceeded and his construction plans were ultimately denied, this resident started smelling something fishy. Was his construction plan really that unsavory? What HOA rules was he going to break?

Well, as it turns out, the "HOA Board" was actually just one man, who made decisions without a rulebook, without guidelines, and without the city-sanctioned power of a real HOA. Why? Because the HOA of this community had been dissolved for over a decade, and he was just playing the power trip of being the standing president for a facility that no longer existed.

This entire story unfolded as this resident dug deeper, sharing his exposé online on Reddit for all of us to enjoy. Because when it comes to justified exposures of people who deserve to be exposed, we just want to sit back, eat some popcorn, and enjoy their fiery demise.

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